Time is Gold
Originally published in the printed Aslag, AY 2003-2004
First semester is over and we've just ushered in the 2nd semester! New set of subjects (well, okay, probably with an old one or two, haha!), professors and classmates. I'm sure marami sa atin ang nag-sabing: “Promise, mag-aaral na ako! Itinatakwil ko na ang cramming! Ayoko ko na talaga!”
Well, it’s because we either had a 4.0, INC, DRP or worse, 5.0. Or maybe for the luckier ones they ‘successfully’ reached the 60th mark by 0.01 and were given “one more chance” (I’ll neveeeer goho, far away from yoouuuu..).
Tapos, sasabihin ng parents natin: “Hindi ka kasi nag-aaral eh! Kasalanan mo yan!” Earth to parents: “Mahirap po mag-aral sa UP!”
While some of us would keep quiet out of guilt because we did choose Heroes over Dorbunsch, others have the nerve to make excuses.
But really, if you take these into consideration:
DAYS IN A YEAR: 365
*Kahit si God nag-rest nung 7th day diba, why can't we do the same? We are after all, created in His image and likeness. That’s 52 Sundays in a year.
DAYS LEFT: 313
*Kapag summer, sobrang init! Mahirap mag-aral. Hotta hotta summer is about 50 days.
DAYS LEFT: 263
*Syempre, since you’re an AguPip, you will attend the Pautakan (3 days), Sining (2 days), CEER (2 days), Final Rites and other fun-filled activities.
DAYS LEFT: 253
*Legal and non-working holidays: December 25, 30 & 31, January 1 & 2, Eid’l Fitr, June 12, August 18 & 21, October 31, November 1 & 2, November 30. Huwag na nating isali ang Holy Week holidays at Labor Day, tutal counted na yun sa summer vacation. That’s a total of 13 days.
DAYS LEFT: 240
*Every now and then, you get sick din naman diba. Naturally, no knowledge can efficiently enter your mind habang umuubo-ubo at humahatching-hatching ka. Lalu na kung malas ka talaga at naka-dextrose ka pa. Let’s say you get sick 5 days in a year.
DAYS LEFT: 235
*Then there’s 5 days for the suspension of classes due to “rainy days” kung saan sobrang init ng araw, makukuha mo pang ma-sunburn, try mo man.
DAYS LEFT: 230
*Then there’s what we call the sembreak (14 days, hindi na counted yung mga Undas holidays) and Christmas break (10 days, similarly, hindi na counted yung mga legal holidays during the two weeks) kung saan hindi tayo pwede mag-aral. Syempre, kaya nga ‘break’ ang tawag, diba?
DAYS LEFT: 206
So you roughly have 206 days para isinggit nang maayos ang pinapangarap na good study havits sa iyong schedule. Andaming time noh? Not if you consider these factors as well.
*A healthy adult must have an average of 7-8 hours of sleep: 7.5 hrs (average) x 206 days » 64.4 days.
DAYS LEFT: 141.6
*Syempre, kailangan natin kumain sa araw-araw: breakfast, lunch, dinner and a few snacks. Kalimutan na ang diet, dahil we need a sound body to be able to study properly. Chew properly kaya all in all 2 hrs x 206 days » 17.2 days.
DAYS LEFT: 124.4
*Kailangan gwapo at maganda tayo araw-araw dahil we’ll never know when we’ll meet our ‘the one’. You need to take a bath (once a day na lang, magtipid tayo ng tubig) for 15 minutes, 5 minutes for defacation, 5 minutes for toothbrush, 5 minutes to wash your face every time it gets eeww and oily and 30 minutes for putting on your clothes, fixing your hair and all that jazz. Lahat lahat: 1 hr x 206 days » 8.6 days.
DAYS LEFT: 115.8
*You need some human interaction to keep your sanity because no man is an island. Assuming 2 hrs worth of kwentuhan or texting with friends, housemates and classmates x 206 days » 17.2 days.
DAYS LEFT: 98.6
*You need to rest every and then, you know, some leisure time: watch TV, listen to music, read some mags or newspaper, play some games, etc etc. That’s approximately 2 hrs x 206 days » 17.2 days.
DAYS LEFT: 81.4
*There are 18 weeks of classes in a semester. Wala kang ire-review kung hindi ka naman pumapasok sa mga classes mo, diba?! Assuming na 17 units lecture + 1 unit lab: 17 + 3 hrs = 20 hrs x 18 wks x 2 sems » 30 days.
DAYS LEFT: 51.4
*Enlistment is like the worst ever in terms of effort and number of classes enlisted, haha, plus the lines for all kinds of things are long: 2 days (for lining up, enlistment, prerog processes and other kinds of registration processes most especially, in waiting for just about anything!) x 2 sems » 4 days.
DAYS LEFT: 47.4
*Exam days: Assuming na 6 subjects per sem x 3 long exams + 1 finals x 3 hrs (+30 mins relaxation before the exam dahil heller, as if naman may papasok pa sa pag-cramming mo, +4 hrs recovery period dahil nawindang ka after the exam) x 2 sems » 15 days.
DAYS LEFT: 32.4
*Syempre, mag-cocommute ka from your house to school and back and in between your classes. Sometimes you’d have to walk naman. Then there are days na sobrang traffic. All in all: 1.5 hrs x 5 days (May group meetings ka kapag Wednesdays kaya 5 days) x 18 weeks x 2 sems » 11.3 days.
DAYS LEFT: 21.1
*At dahil ikaw ay isang ulirang AguPip, umaattend ka ng at least half of the GenMeets: 1.5 hrs x 50% x 15 GenMeets x 2 sems » 0.9 days.
*Tumatambay ka rin at least 1 hr per schoolday: 1 hr x 4 days (huwag ka nang tumambay kapag Wednesday, wala naman halos tao) x 18 wks x 2 sems » 6 days.
DAYS LEFT: 14.2
Then there are the activities or events na applicable lang on a weekly basis:
*Dahil every weekend lang tayo nasa Pampanga, kailangan pa rin natin ng quality time with our family at least 3 hrs per weekend: 29 wks (»29 wks ang 206 days) x 3 hrs » 3.6 days.
DAYS LEFT: 10.6
*Tapos kailangan maging ulirang anak ka rin kaya do some household chores or kung anu-ano mang errands na inuutos nina Mommy at Daddy: 4 hrs x 29 weekends » 4.8 days.
DAYS LEFT: 5.8
*Dahil wala naman tayong kakayahang mag-Apparate to and from Pampanga and Quezon City, kailangan nating bumiyahe sakay ang bus: 2 times (papunta at pabalik) x 2 hrs x 29 weekends » 4.8 days.
DAYS LEFT: 1
Whew! You have a cumulative total of 24 hours all in all para mag-aral each year. Pero teka lang, mag-aaral ka ba sa birthday mo?!
DAYS LEFT: 0
So ngayon, saan mo isisingit ang pag-aaral? So anu yun, tuwing leap year kung saan mayroong 366 days in a year, dun ka lang makakapag-aral? Haha!
So, it is your fault kung bumabagsak ka? Well, the answer is of course… alam mo na yun! Haha!
Good luck sa bagong semester!
First semester is over and we've just ushered in the 2nd semester! New set of subjects (well, okay, probably with an old one or two, haha!), professors and classmates. I'm sure marami sa atin ang nag-sabing: “Promise, mag-aaral na ako! Itinatakwil ko na ang cramming! Ayoko ko na talaga!”
Well, it’s because we either had a 4.0, INC, DRP or worse, 5.0. Or maybe for the luckier ones they ‘successfully’ reached the 60th mark by 0.01 and were given “one more chance” (I’ll neveeeer goho, far away from yoouuuu..).
Tapos, sasabihin ng parents natin: “Hindi ka kasi nag-aaral eh! Kasalanan mo yan!” Earth to parents: “Mahirap po mag-aral sa UP!”
While some of us would keep quiet out of guilt because we did choose Heroes over Dorbunsch, others have the nerve to make excuses.
But really, if you take these into consideration:
DAYS IN A YEAR: 365
*Kahit si God nag-rest nung 7th day diba, why can't we do the same? We are after all, created in His image and likeness. That’s 52 Sundays in a year.
DAYS LEFT: 313
*Kapag summer, sobrang init! Mahirap mag-aral. Hotta hotta summer is about 50 days.
DAYS LEFT: 263
*Syempre, since you’re an AguPip, you will attend the Pautakan (3 days), Sining (2 days), CEER (2 days), Final Rites and other fun-filled activities.
DAYS LEFT: 253
*Legal and non-working holidays: December 25, 30 & 31, January 1 & 2, Eid’l Fitr, June 12, August 18 & 21, October 31, November 1 & 2, November 30. Huwag na nating isali ang Holy Week holidays at Labor Day, tutal counted na yun sa summer vacation. That’s a total of 13 days.
DAYS LEFT: 240
*Every now and then, you get sick din naman diba. Naturally, no knowledge can efficiently enter your mind habang umuubo-ubo at humahatching-hatching ka. Lalu na kung malas ka talaga at naka-dextrose ka pa. Let’s say you get sick 5 days in a year.
DAYS LEFT: 235
*Then there’s 5 days for the suspension of classes due to “rainy days” kung saan sobrang init ng araw, makukuha mo pang ma-sunburn, try mo man.
DAYS LEFT: 230
*Then there’s what we call the sembreak (14 days, hindi na counted yung mga Undas holidays) and Christmas break (10 days, similarly, hindi na counted yung mga legal holidays during the two weeks) kung saan hindi tayo pwede mag-aral. Syempre, kaya nga ‘break’ ang tawag, diba?
DAYS LEFT: 206
So you roughly have 206 days para isinggit nang maayos ang pinapangarap na good study havits sa iyong schedule. Andaming time noh? Not if you consider these factors as well.
*A healthy adult must have an average of 7-8 hours of sleep: 7.5 hrs (average) x 206 days » 64.4 days.
DAYS LEFT: 141.6
*Syempre, kailangan natin kumain sa araw-araw: breakfast, lunch, dinner and a few snacks. Kalimutan na ang diet, dahil we need a sound body to be able to study properly. Chew properly kaya all in all 2 hrs x 206 days » 17.2 days.
DAYS LEFT: 124.4
*Kailangan gwapo at maganda tayo araw-araw dahil we’ll never know when we’ll meet our ‘the one’. You need to take a bath (once a day na lang, magtipid tayo ng tubig) for 15 minutes, 5 minutes for defacation, 5 minutes for toothbrush, 5 minutes to wash your face every time it gets eeww and oily and 30 minutes for putting on your clothes, fixing your hair and all that jazz. Lahat lahat: 1 hr x 206 days » 8.6 days.
DAYS LEFT: 115.8
*You need some human interaction to keep your sanity because no man is an island. Assuming 2 hrs worth of kwentuhan or texting with friends, housemates and classmates x 206 days » 17.2 days.
DAYS LEFT: 98.6
*You need to rest every and then, you know, some leisure time: watch TV, listen to music, read some mags or newspaper, play some games, etc etc. That’s approximately 2 hrs x 206 days » 17.2 days.
DAYS LEFT: 81.4
*There are 18 weeks of classes in a semester. Wala kang ire-review kung hindi ka naman pumapasok sa mga classes mo, diba?! Assuming na 17 units lecture + 1 unit lab: 17 + 3 hrs = 20 hrs x 18 wks x 2 sems » 30 days.
DAYS LEFT: 51.4
*Enlistment is like the worst ever in terms of effort and number of classes enlisted, haha, plus the lines for all kinds of things are long: 2 days (for lining up, enlistment, prerog processes and other kinds of registration processes most especially, in waiting for just about anything!) x 2 sems » 4 days.
DAYS LEFT: 47.4
*Exam days: Assuming na 6 subjects per sem x 3 long exams + 1 finals x 3 hrs (+30 mins relaxation before the exam dahil heller, as if naman may papasok pa sa pag-cramming mo, +4 hrs recovery period dahil nawindang ka after the exam) x 2 sems » 15 days.
DAYS LEFT: 32.4
*Syempre, mag-cocommute ka from your house to school and back and in between your classes. Sometimes you’d have to walk naman. Then there are days na sobrang traffic. All in all: 1.5 hrs x 5 days (May group meetings ka kapag Wednesdays kaya 5 days) x 18 weeks x 2 sems » 11.3 days.
DAYS LEFT: 21.1
*At dahil ikaw ay isang ulirang AguPip, umaattend ka ng at least half of the GenMeets: 1.5 hrs x 50% x 15 GenMeets x 2 sems » 0.9 days.
*Tumatambay ka rin at least 1 hr per schoolday: 1 hr x 4 days (huwag ka nang tumambay kapag Wednesday, wala naman halos tao) x 18 wks x 2 sems » 6 days.
DAYS LEFT: 14.2
Then there are the activities or events na applicable lang on a weekly basis:
*Dahil every weekend lang tayo nasa Pampanga, kailangan pa rin natin ng quality time with our family at least 3 hrs per weekend: 29 wks (»29 wks ang 206 days) x 3 hrs » 3.6 days.
DAYS LEFT: 10.6
*Tapos kailangan maging ulirang anak ka rin kaya do some household chores or kung anu-ano mang errands na inuutos nina Mommy at Daddy: 4 hrs x 29 weekends » 4.8 days.
DAYS LEFT: 5.8
*Dahil wala naman tayong kakayahang mag-Apparate to and from Pampanga and Quezon City, kailangan nating bumiyahe sakay ang bus: 2 times (papunta at pabalik) x 2 hrs x 29 weekends » 4.8 days.
DAYS LEFT: 1
Whew! You have a cumulative total of 24 hours all in all para mag-aral each year. Pero teka lang, mag-aaral ka ba sa birthday mo?!
DAYS LEFT: 0
So ngayon, saan mo isisingit ang pag-aaral? So anu yun, tuwing leap year kung saan mayroong 366 days in a year, dun ka lang makakapag-aral? Haha!
So, it is your fault kung bumabagsak ka? Well, the answer is of course… alam mo na yun! Haha!
Good luck sa bagong semester!
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